Article IV, Section 12 thru 14 of the Oregon State Constitution

In this post, we will look at Sections 12 through 14 of the Oregon State Constitution.
Section 12 deals with quorum and the effects of not being able to achieve quorum.  For those who don't know, quorum defines how many members of the committee need to be present to be able to conduct business of the committee such as pass laws.  For the House and Senate, it is two thirds of the members.  This is actually quite high.  I once lived in a place where the HOA had a rule such that one tenth of the home owners present constituted quorum for the annual general meeting and that if quorum wasn't achieved within an hour, the group assembled could proceed regardless.
Interestingly, if quorum is not achieved within 5 days of the house or senate being called to sit, then, the compensation of the representatives or senators who don't show up can be docked.
Section 13 defines that a journal for each branch of the legislature has to be kept.  The house and senate each keep separate journals.  I went to look for the records on the legislature's website, and could not find them.  However, here is a link to an old scanned book version of the Oregon Senate Journal.  The Secretary of State website does have minutes of meetings of the legislature's subcommittees, and I finally did find the house and senate records here.
Something that I find really forward thinking on the part of the legislature is that they provide an API to be able to query the State's databases over the internet.  This is something I would like to explore, but going to have to leave it for a year or else this project will never get finished.
In section 13, it requires that to adjourn the session, one tenth of members have to so move in order for there to be a vote to adjourn.
Section 14 provides that all deliberations are to be open, whether these be the house, the senate, joint sessions, or committees.  As such, unlike with federal "national security" closed sessions, the is no meeting behind closed doors.  This is a good thing and I can't think of anything that the legislature would need to deal with that was so sensitive that it would require in camera sessions.  It should be noted that in an older version of the State Constitution, it was allowed to meet in secrecy if so deemed required.  See page 114 of this book.